
| 呈现于读者面前的这套《美国语文读本》,亦名《麦加菲读本》,其编者威廉?H?麦加菲曾先后任美国迈阿密大学语言学教授和俄亥俄大学校长。从移民时期以来,这套书影响了四五代美国人的成长,对奠定美国人的道德观与价值观起到了很大作用。 从19世纪中期至20世纪中叶,这套书一直被广泛用作美国学校的语文教材,据称有10000多所美国学校拿它当作教材。在21世纪的今天,西方一些私立学校和家庭学校仍用它作为教材,足见这套书的价值与影响力。据估计,这套书从问世至今,至少发行了1.3亿册。应该说,没有哪一套个人主编的教材能超过此发行量了! 国内出版的这套读本完整保持了英文原版内容,共分为1-6级,从英语启蒙开始,循序渐进,是一套呈现美国文学与历史文化、体现美国精神与价值观念的优秀读本,也是中国学生系统学习英语,提高阅读水平的一套很有价值的读物。 |
| 作者:(美国)威廉·H·麦加菲 威廉·H·麦加菲,美国著名教育家。1800年出生于宾夕法尼亚州,1826年毕业于华盛顿大学杰斐逊学院。在数十年教育生涯中,他曾担任过迈阿密大学语言学教授,俄亥俄大学校长。自1845年开始任弗吉尼亚大学道德哲学教授。他还帮助组建了俄亥俄州公立学校体系。 早在19世纪初期,麦加菲就意识到,应该给那些孤独的垦荒者和欧洲移民的后代提供普遍的教育,于是他利用自己作为演讲家与教育工作者的天赋,开始为孩子们编写系列教材。这套教材共7册,从.. << 查看详细 |
| this series of schoolbooks teaching reading and moral precepts, originally prepared by william holmes who was a professor at miami university mcguffey, had a profound influence on public education in the united states. the eclectic readers, meaning that the selections were chosen from a number of sources, were considered remarkably literary works and probably exerted a greater influence upon literary tastes in the united states more than any other book, excluding the bible. it is estimated that at least 120 million copies of mcguffey's readers were sold between 1836 and 1960, placing its sales in a category with the bible and webster's dictionary. since 1961 they have continued to sell at a rate of some 30,000 copies a year. no other textbook bearing a single person's name has come close to that mark. mcguffey's readers are still in use today in some school systems, and by parents for home schooling purposes. this first reader of 1841 introduces children to mcguffey's ethical code. the child modeled in this book is prompt, good, kind, honest and truthful. this first book contained fifty-five lessons. |
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